Chapter 18.76 — AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING REGULATIONS

Amendments to the zoning regulations, either text or map, may be initiated as follows:

• (a) By application of a property owner and accompanied by the fee adopted by the city council.

• (b) By direction of the city council.

• (c) By direction of the planning commission. (Ord. 1365 § 8 (part), 2014)

The application for an amendment to the zoning regulations shall be processed by the planning director in accordance with Chapter 18.80 .

(Ord. 1365 § 8 (part), 2014)

• (a) Notice and Hearing. Upon receipt of a complete application and review by city staff, proper notice of a public hearing before the planning commission shall be provided, as required by California Government Code Sections 65090 through 65095 , and by such other means of notification the planning commission may require.

• (b) Recommendation. At the conclusion of the public hearing, or at a time prescribed by Section 18.80.050 , the planning commission shall make a written recommendation, and the reasons for the recommendation, to the city council whether to approve, approve in modified form, or deny the proposed amendment.

• (Ord. 1365 § 8 (part), 2014)

• (a) Notice and Hearing. Upon receipt of the planning commission's recommendation, proper notice of a public hearing before the city council shall be provided, as required by California Government Code Sections 65090 through 65095 , and by such other means of notification the city council may require.

• (b) Determination. At the conclusion of the public hearing, or at a time prescribed in Section 18.80.050 , the city council shall approve, approve with modifications or deny the application.

• (c) Referral Back to the Planning Commission. If the city council proposes to adopt a substantial modification to the amendment not previously considered by the planning commission during its hearings, the proposed modifications shall first be referred to the planning commission, in compliance with Government Code Section 65857 .

• (Ord. 1365 § 8 (part), 2014)

If an application for a change of zone district is denied, another application for the same zone district change shall not be filed within a twelve-month period of its denial, unless specific approval for the filing is given by the planning commission or city council. (Ord. 1365 § 8 (part), 2014)

Without following the procedures otherwise required by the provisions of this title, the council may, in order to protect the public safety, health and welfare, adopt as an urgency measure an interim ordinance prohibiting any uses which may be in conflict with a contemplated zoning proposal which the council, the planning commission or the planning department is considering or studying or intends to study within a reasonable time. Such urgency ordinance shall be adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 65858 of the Government Code. (Ord. 1365 § 8 (part), 2014)

Any unincorporated property within the city sphere of influence may be prezoned for the purpose of determining the zoning that will apply to such property in the event of subsequent annexation to the city. The initiation of such prezoning and the procedures for such prezoning shall be the same procedures which govern the rezoning of property within the city limits. Upon the effective date of annexation of a parcel of property which has been prezoned pursuant to this section, the zoning designation adopted pursuant to this section shall become the official zoning designation for such property and shall be so designated in the zoning maps of the city. (Ord. 1365 § 8 (part), 2014)